Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cuba to the U. S.- (x) A valuable outpost of defence.- (1) It has many excellent harbors.- (2) Our coast opposit has very few.- (x) Cuba commands many important lines of trade.- (1) Gulf of Mexico.- (2) Entire commerce passing through the Nicaragua canal.- (3) Commerce of the Mississippi valley...
...this close association of the colonies, made possible a successful revolution against the mother-country. As the pressure increased within this narrow strip of land, emigration pushed out through the passes of the Appalachians. The Kentucky Blue Grass country was then developed and as the tide flowed across the Mississippi, the great prairies of the west were taken up, until the Bad Lands at the base of the Rocky Mountains checked the emigrants. At this point, the difficulty of advance was so great that it was easier to go around the Horn to San Francisco than across the Bad Lands...
...Princeton Willis H. Butler of New York City will open the debate, Joseph W. Park of Mississippi will speak second, and Howard E. White of New York City will deliver the third speech. In rebuttal, the time will be divided between Mr. White and Mr. Park, Mr. White closing the debate for Princeton...
...Mississippi...
This is the second and last week of "On the Mississippi," at the Columbia. The play is most exciting from start to finish. The Mardi Gras Carnival at New Orleans, the attempted lynching, the affray in the gambling house, the attack on the jail, the floating theatre on the Mississippi, the inimitable songs and dances of the darkies, are always welcomed by large audiences...